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Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game (1969)

Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game (1969)

Action Drama Crime
Release Date: 1969, February 1
Directors: Tai Katō
Countries: Japan
Production: Toei Company
Cast: Sumiko Fuji, Asao Koike, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Rinichi Yamamoto, Ken Takakura, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Kanjūrō Arashi, Bin Amatsu, Teruo Ishiyama, Kyōsuke Machida

Overview:

The third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Oryu’s life as she seals her femininity with a red peony tattoo and lives in world of chivalry and honor of the yakuza. This story takes place in the middle of the Meiji era in Nagoya. Oryu is wandering the country, training herself to reinstate her family name. With a written recommendation from Kumatora, she appears at the door of the Nishinomaru family. At the same time, the family is preparing for the gambling competition at the Netsuda Shrine Festival, which they have been hosting for generations. Meanwhile, the crooked Kinbara family is plotting to take over the competition. And now Oryu is forced to get involved in the struggle…

Keywords:

gambling yakuza female yakuza chivalry gambler